There may be those amongst my readers who think I’m opposed to the World Cup. I’m not. I think if we manage it well from here on out, it has the potential to be the best thing that ever could have happened to this country – and even to its neighbours – because even if [...]

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This Tourism Week. 4 March 2009. Brought to you by SOMOHO TOURS www.somoho.co.za (See below for more). There’s one really thorny problem that comes from being both a tourism destination and a developing country all in one: the fraught question of gift-giving (yes: ‘gift-giving’ – definitely not ‘gifting.’ Terrible word). I was reminded of this [...]

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Media release February 24, 2010 Cape Town for World Design Capital 2014 The City of Cape Town is bidding to become the World Design Capital in 2014! Do you think that Cape Town is a design city? What changes would you like to see that could make your city a World Design Capital? The decision [...]

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